Ammonia oxidation pathways and nitrifier denitrification are significant sources of N2O and NO under low oxygen availability

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 6328-6333

  Zhu, Xia ^a,b,c   Burger, Martin ^b   Doane, Timothy A ^b   Horwath, William R ^b  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM SULFATE; FERTILIZER; ISOTOPE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; UREA;

AERATION; ARTICLE; CLAY; DENITRIFICATION; LOAM SOIL; MICROCOSM; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANDY LOAM; SOIL STRUCTURE; WATER CONTENT;

AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATMOSPHERE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COLORIMETRY; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SOIL; UREA;

EID: 84876272852     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1219993110     Document Type: Article

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